Analysis of Corporate Crimes in the Light of Economic Systems

Companies or commercial enterprises have an important role in the economic development of countries. With the globalization of economy and increasing of these legal entities in terms of quality and quantity, the world economy in general and economic system of countries in particular have faced a newly-emerged phenomenon called “crimes of corporations” or “corporate crimes”. corporate crimes or crimes of commercial legal entities as well astheir offenders which in recent decades have been subject to criminallaw and criminal liability, can be considered as the revisited concept of white-collar crimes which are classified in the area of critical criminology. It can be defined as the criminal acts of commercial enterprises whichare committed in the context of the business by the collective action ofthe directors or officers of the enterprises.
Outbreak of these crimes specially because of the increase in the quality and number of legal entities, in particular commercial enterprises, has caused researchers to get interested inextensivestudiestoexplainthedifferentcausesofcommitment of these crimes. Like any other crime, these crimes are caused by various factors such as the nature of economic system. in other words,commitmentofthesecrimescanberootedinthe nature and the type of economic system. This is of great importance in the economic system of Iran in which many commercial entities are administered by the government because the reisalotofopportunities for rent-seeking behaviors. Inthis essay, corporate crimes will be analyzed in the light of economic systems, and referencewillalsobemade, where appropriate, totheeconomicsystemofIran.